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@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@ +NAME + +Module::Runtime - runtime module handling + +DESCRIPTION + +The functions exported by this module deal with runtime handling of +Perl modules, which are normally handled at compile time. This module +avoids using any other modules, so that it can be used in low-level +infrastructure. + +The parts of this module that work with module names apply the same syntax +that is used for barewords in Perl source. In principle this syntax +can vary between versions of Perl, and this module applies the syntax of +the Perl on which it is running. In practice the usable syntax hasn't +changed yet. There's some intent for Unicode module names to be supported +in the future, but this hasn't yet amounted to any consistent facility. + +The functions of this module whose purpose is to load modules include +workarounds for three old Perl core bugs regarding "require". These +workarounds are applied on any Perl version where the bugs exist, except +for a case where one of the bugs cannot be adequately worked around in +pure Perl. + +INSTALLATION + + perl Build.PL + ./Build + ./Build test + ./Build install + +AUTHOR + +Andrew Main (Zefram) <zefram@fysh.org> + +COPYRIGHT + +Copyright (C) 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014 +Andrew Main (Zefram) <zefram@fysh.org> + +LICENSE + +This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it +under the same terms as Perl itself. |